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Phase II Study of Bicalutamide in Patients With Androgen Receptor-Positive and Estrogen Receptor- and Progesterone Receptor-Negative Metastatic Breast Cancer

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Basic Trial Information
Objectives
Entry Criteria
Expected Enrollment
Outcomes
Outline
Trial Contact Information
Registry Information

Alternate Title

Bicalutamide in Treating Patients With Metastatic Breast Cancer

Basic Trial Information

PhaseTypeStatusAgeSponsorProtocol IDs
Phase IIBiomarker/Laboratory analysis, TreatmentActive18 and overNCIMSKCC-07022
07-022, NCT00468715

Objectives

Primary

  1. Determine the 6-month efficacy rate of bicalutamide as first-, second-, or third-line therapy in patients with androgen receptor-positive and estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-negative metastatic breast cancer.

Secondary

  1. Determine the 6-month progression-free survival of patients treated with this drug.
  2. Evaluate the safety of this drug in these patients.
  3. Evaluate changes in estradiol, total and free testosterone, and sex-hormone binding globulin in response to androgen blockade in patients treated with this drug.
  4. Evaluate tissue, including cytokeratins 5/6 and 17, SPDEF, ALCAM, ERBB2, FGFR4, and prostate-specific antigen (PSA), using immunohistochemical analysis in patients treated with this drug.

Entry Criteria

Disease Characteristics:

  • Histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the breast
    • Stage IV disease


  • Measurable or non-measurable disease


  • Patients with HER2/neu-positive disease must have received prior trastuzumab (Herceptin®)


  • No active brain metastases or leptomeningeal disease
    • History of brain metastases allowed provided lesions are stable for at least 3 months as documented by head CT scan or MRI of the brain


  • Hormone receptor status:
    • Estrogen receptor- and progesterone receptor-negative*
    • Androgen receptor-positive*


 [Note: *Samples are considered positive if greater than 10% of cell nuclei are immunoreactive]

Prior/Concurrent Therapy:

  • At least 2 weeks since prior cytotoxic chemotherapy and recovered
  • At least 3 weeks since prior investigational drugs
  • At least 4 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered
  • Prior neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy allowed
  • Prior hormonal therapy allowed
  • No concurrent chemotherapy, other hormonal therapy, immunotherapy, or biological therapy
  • No concurrent trastuzumab (Herceptin®)
  • No concurrent enrollment in another clinical trial in which investigational procedures are performed or investigational therapies are administered

Patient Characteristics:

  • Male or female
  • Menopausal status not specified
  • ECOG performance status 0-1
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≥ 1,500/mm³
  • Platelet count ≥ 100,000/mm³
  • Hemoglobin ≥ 9 g/dL
  • AST and ALT ≤ 2.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN)
  • Bilirubin ≤ 1.5 times ULN
  • Alkaline phosphatase ≤ 2.5 times ULN (unless bone metastases are present in the absence of liver metastases)
  • Creatinine ≤ 1.5 mg/dL
  • Not pregnant or nursing
  • Negative pregnancy test
  • Fertile patients must use effective contraception
  • No serious medical or psychiatric illness
  • No serious active infection
  • No other malignancy within the past 5 years except nonmelanoma skin cancer
  • No hypersensitivity reaction to bicalutamide or any of the tablet’s components

Expected Enrollment

28

A total of 28 patients will be accrued for this study.

Outcomes

Primary Outcome(s)

6-month response rate (complete response, partial response, and stable disease) as measured by RECIST criteria for patients with measurable disease
6-month response rate (stable disease or progressive disease) as measured by RECIST criteria for patients with non-measurable disease

Secondary Outcome(s)

Median progression-free survival
Safety

Outline

This is a open-label study.

Patients receive oral bicalutamide once daily for 4 weeks. Treatment repeats every 4 weeks for 6 months in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients achieving complete response, partial response, or stable disease may continue to receive bicalutamide as above at the discretion of the investigator.

Patients undergo blood and tissue sample collection for correlative studies. Samples are analyzed for hormonal levels, including estradiol, total testosterone, free testosterone, and sex-hormone binding globulin, and proteins, including ALCAM, SPEDF, and CK 5/6, by immunohistochemical analysis at baseline, after course 1, and at the end of the study.

After completion of study treatment, patients are followed every 3 months.

Trial Contact Information

Trial Lead Organizations

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Clifford Hudis, MD, Principal investigator
Ph: 646-888-4551; 800-525-2225
Tiffany Traina, MD, Principal investigator
Ph: 212-639-5209; 800-525-2225

Trial Sites

U.S.A.
New York
  New York
 Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
 Clifford Hudis, MD
Ph: 646-888-4551
800-525-2225
 Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
 Joseph Yoe, MD
Ph: 212-987-1777

Registry Information
Official Title Bicalutamide for the Treatment of Androgen Receptor Positive (AR(+)), Estrogen Receptor Negative, Progesterone Receptor Negative (ER(-)/PR(-)) Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients: A Phase II Feasibility Study
Trial Start Date 2007-03-28
Trial Completion Date 2010-03-23 (estimated)
Registered in ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00468715
Date Submitted to PDQ 2007-03-26
Information Last Verified 2009-07-05
NCI Grant/Contract Number CA08748

Note: The purpose of most clinical trials listed in this database is to test new cancer treatments, or new methods of diagnosing, screening, or preventing cancer. Because all potentially harmful side effects are not known before a trial is conducted, dose and schedule modifications may be required for participants if they develop side effects from the treatment or test. The therapy or test described in this clinical trial is intended for use by clinical oncologists in carefully structured settings, and may not prove to be more effective than standard treatment. A responsible investigator associated with this clinical trial should be consulted before using this protocol.

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